"See What You Can Be"
The Nazz
From the album "Nazz" (1968)
Transcribed by Brian Canfield
This is a cool song. Does anyone know if a particular band influenced this song? Because no other
Nazz song sounds like it.
At any rate, it's not much of a guitar song..so pretty much all of my guitar tab (below) is just
me "guessing" at particular voicings for the chords.
On the other hand, it's a great bass song, as there's no loud guitar wailing to overpower it.
I'm not much of a bass player, but I've tried to tab out certain distinct bass riffs in the song.
But note that I haven't tabbed the bass for the whole song..just parts. That's also below.
First, the straight chord names:
Intro: D5add9 C5add9 (both much easier chords to play on the guitar, admittedly)
D5add9
Let's talk about the things you wonder
C5add9
Things that you're trying to hide
D5add9
When words slip up, you drag them under,
C5add9
making me stand outside
Bm7 F#m
But from all I can see,
Bm7 Em7 G/A A
you've become somewhat frightened of me
A/B B B/C# C#
But my thoughts run high of what we could be
A A/D
If we didn't stop to think
E A
of what could go wrong on our way there
Am Bm C Am Bm C
I want you to see what you can be
Cm Dm Eb Cm Dm Eb F D5add9 C5add9
Want you to see what we can be if we try
Here is a thing we can't skip over
I think you should be around
What one can do, can two do better,
don't try to drag the thing down
If I thought I could be
something more than I thought I could be
I would take off and fly if it were me
I don't need to be reminded
of the things I don't believe in
Intro/Verse:
Bass Riff:
G------------------7--5--5---------------------------------------
D--------4--5--7-------------------------------------------------
A----5-----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
E-------5----------------------3-----------------------------------
B-------5----------------------3-----------------------------------
G-------7----------------------5-----------------------------------
D-------7----------------------5-----------------------------------
A-------5----------------------3-----------------------------------
E-------x----------------------x-----------------------------------
D5add9 C5add9
Pre-Chorus:
Bass:
G-------------------------------------11---------------------------
D--------9--7------------------9--11--------------------------------
A--------------9p7h9---9---12---------------------------------------
E----7-----------------------------------------------------------
E----7-------------9-----------------------------------------------
B----7-------------10----------------------------------------------
G----7-------------11----------------------------------------------
D----9-------------11----------------------------------------------
A----9-------------9-----------------------------------------------
E----7-------------x-----------------------------------------------
Bm F#m
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-------9--7------------------------7-----------------------------
A-------------10--9----7--7--9--10--------------------------------
E----7------------------------------------------------------------
E----7-----------------7----------------------------------------------
B----7-----------------8----------------------------------------------
G----7-----------------9----------------------------------------------
D----9-----------------9----------------------------------------------
A----9-----------------7----------------------------------------------
E----7-----------------x----------------------------------------------
Bm Em7
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B----3---------5---------2----------4-------4-------6---------------
G----4---------6---------2----------4-------4-------6---------------
D----5---------7---------2----------4-------4-------6---------------
A----0---------0---------2----------2-------4-------4---------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
G/A A A/B B B/C# C#
E------0------0------0------0----------------------------------------
B------2------2------0------2----------------------------------------
G------2------2------1------2----------------------------------------
D------2------0------2------2----------------------------------------
A------0-------------2------0---------------------------------------
E--------------------0--------------------------------------------
A A/D E A
E----5----5---5---7----8----5----7----8-------------------------------
B----5----5---5---7----8----5----7----8-------------------------------
G----5----5---5---7----9----5----7----9-------------------------------
D----7----7---7---9----10---7----9---10-------------------------------
A----7----7---7---9----10---7----9---10-------------------------------
E----5----5---5---7----8----5----7----8-------------------------------
Want you to see what you can be..
E----8------8----8-----10----11---10---11---13---------------------------
B----8------8----8-----10----11---10---11---13---------------------------
G----8------8----8-----10----12---10---12---14---------------------------
D----10-----10---10----12----13---12---13---15---------------------------
A----10-----10---10----12----13---12---13---15---------------------------
E----8------8----8-----10----11---10---11---13---------------------------
Want you to see what we can be if we tryyyy..
^Notice that, for this part, there's basically a chord for each word that's sung.
Listen to it, and you'll see..
And it's actually the keyboard playing those chords; I've just tried to arrange that
for guitar.
That's it for now. Perhaps a bit half-hearted, but better than nothing as usual.
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